Sylvestre Ilunga, DR Congo's Prime Minister Resigns

KINSHASA, 30 Januray,2021 (TON): Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, DO Congo’s Prime Minister resigned on Friday.

The presidency said, it is a move that enabled the President Felix Tshisekedi to appoint his own premier supported by a new parliamentary majority.

 Presidency spokesman Giscard Kusema told the media, that Illunga “said he had drawn the consequences of the developing political situation

Ilunga, a close ally to former president Joseph Kabila whose supporters have been in a power struggle with Tshisekedi, was constitutionally required to resign after being censured by the National Assembly on Wednesday.

During a parliamentary plenary session held in Kinshasa, the lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday had dismissed the PM.

The dismissal came after the majority of the lawmakers passed a vote of no-confidence to the Premier alleging his inability in the management of the country.

The National Assembly approved a motion of censure against Ilunga Ilunkamba and his government by 367 votes to seven.

Considering it illegitimate under the constitution and internal regulations of parliament, the Prime Minister boycotted the session.

Pro-Kabila party Mps also boycotted the session who also stressed that the parliament session had no mandate capacity to organize the vote according to the constitution.

President Félix Tshisekedi and his two new allies still do not agree on the appointments of several heads of major institutions, following the end of the alliance between him and former president Joseph Kabila. The post of Prime Minister and leadership of the National Assembly’s office are in contention.

The President now anticipates forming a majority in the parliament by winning over the members of Kabila’s coalition.

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